French artist Jérémy Laffon created these intriguing sculptures that took 4,000 pieces of chewing gum and three months to make.
The complex geometrical structure stood at almost two metres and was nearly three metres long.
The chewing gum sticks were stacked, piled and assembled. Laffon melted a few so that the towers would eventually fall down.
It represents a sculpture of frustration and that's why I chose to knock it down by melting a few crucial pieces."
"After melting a few sticks, the work fell down and collapsed slowly."
"I was inspired by the system of matchitecture, where thousands of matches are used to create a sculpture."
"I've always been fascinated by the construction of a house of cards and decided to create a sculpture with a material that hasn't been used before."
"I wanted to use something that was challenging and the characteristics of chewing gum seemed perfect. Chewing gum is unstable and I thought that it would be tough to create a huge sculpture out of this material."
"I tried to complete the design by just using saliva, but that wasn't strong enough, so I had to use glue to make it secure."
Check his website: www.jeremylaffon.com/
Artist: Jérémy Laffon
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